Kitchen-cabinet.



No. 655,08I. Patented July 3|, |900. W..M. HENSON.

KITCHEN GABINET.

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W. M. HENSUN.

KITCHEN CABINET.

(Applic'ation led. Nov. 16, 1899.)

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UNITED. STATES lPATENT FFICE.

WILLIAM M. I'IENSON, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI;

KITCHEN-CABINET. ,y

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent 1\Io.ke5'5,os1, dated Julye 1, 190e.

Applicationled November 16,1899. Serial No. 737,177. (No model.)

T0 @ZZ whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, WILLIAM M. HENsoN, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State ofMissouri, have invented a new and useful Kitchen-Cabinet, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to kitchen-cabinets, and has for one object theprovision of a device of this character wherein may be stored withconvenient accessibility and protected from dust, moisture, and verminthe most essential ingredients for theV cooking and seasoning of food,flour, meal, coee, sugar, bread, cake, dac., and from which suchsubstances maybe extracted in the desired quan'- tities. A

Afur'ther object is to provide a cabinet having a detachable bread-boardconveniently supported and efficient' `sifting mechanism, which may be`quickly and easily removed for cleansing and repair purposes. I r

A still further object is to produce a. cabinet of strong, durable,compact,'and ornamental construction, p p I- l With` thesefobjectsinviewthe invention consists in certain novelpand peculiar'features ofconstruction/and,combinations of parts, as hereinafter describedandclaiined,`

and in order that it may be fullyunderstood drawings, in'whichreferenceis tobe had' to' the accompanying'- Figurel represents a perspectiveviewof a kitchen cabinet embodying my invention. Fig. 2 isahorizontal'section taken on theline II II of Fig. 3. I Fig; 3 isavertical section taken inthe-direction of the length of the lower orVsafe portion of the cabinet.' Figi@ Q `ing from the top to the bottom'of thebody 9o is a vertical sectiontaken on tlejline IV IV of Fig. 3.,.u n v A l Thec'abinet comprisesa'safe orlower porftion and an upper 'orbody portion, the former,

1, being of substantially oblong rectangular form and having forpurposes of ornamentation its corners mitered, as" shown at 2. Theentire front of this safe or lower portion is open, being closed'normally by the obtuseangle doors 3," the short arms "et of said doorswhen closed coincidingwith the mitered ends 2 and being hinged to theends of the box, as

shown at 5. The safe or lower portion is provided with the horizontalpartition 6, divid ing it into an upper and a lower chamber, the formerbeing subdivided by the vertical parti'tions7 to provide'the smallcentral cham- 55 ber 8 and larger endy chambers 9 10. The lower chamberis subdivided by Vertical partitions 11 to form the larger centralchamber 12 and the small end chambers 13, the cha1nber 12 being designedto receive bread and 6o ends, however, being semicircular in form,

so as to correspond approximately with the configuration ol' the safe orlower portion.

'I The rear side or back of the body portion is straight, while itsfront side for itsfullheight is paneled or recessed, as shown Hat15. The7o `bodyprtion isdividedby the vertical partitions 16 into the iiour-bin17 and the mealbin 18, access to said bins being obtained by opening thesemicircular hinged doors 19 at the top.

y T20 designates avertical partition within the Vmeal-bin andYforming`at one' side thereof a coffee-bin 21, access for the purpose ofcharging said bin with coffee being had byopenyingthe proper door 19 iniordeithat Yascrew- 8o cap 22, closing the upper end of theA coffee,bing'ma'y be reached. i l' Q 23 designates a coffee-mill locatedjin thelower' end ofthe coffee-bin and adapted to be 'operated by thedetachablecrank-handle 24.-, 8 5

mounted upon its shaft, and below said coffeemill is a sliding drawer 25to'receive ground coffee. f

A 26 designates a vertical partitionV extend- 'portion and-fr`ombin 17,to binp18 (see'Fig. 2

`'and dividingfthespace between 'the bins into `a` front chamber and arearchambeig'the latter being numbered 27 and having its bottomconverging downwardlyI to an openingA 28 therein and the registeringopening `29 in the top of the safe or lower portion; the discharge ofthe contents of f said chamber through said openings 2 8 29 beingcontrolled by a slide 30, arranged below and sliding in- Ioo cleats 31,secured to the top "of the safe or lower portion, a cup or receptacle32, located 33 designates a horizontal partition at the front ofpartition 26 and extending from bin 17 to bin 18, (see Fig. 3,) and 34agpair of,v vertical partitions (seeFig. 2) partitioning the chamber ofwhich partition 33 is the bottom into the similar chambers or bins 35,(see Figs. 2 and'3,) the contents of said chambers or bins being adaptedto be discharged chambers 35 and the top are open.

through the openings 3.6 vof the bottom whenV the controlling-slides 37,Fig. 3, similar in construction vand useto slide 31,2areproperlymanipulated. The discharge is received in cups or receptacles 38,situated in chambers ,39, formed by centrally partitioning, as at 3.9,the space between the bottom 33 of of the safe or lower portion.V i

The space 40, Figs. 2 and l3, above chambers 39 and between thechambersj35 has a series vof horizontal strips 41, upon which aresupported a corresponding number of spice-cans 42 of the constructionshown or of any preferred type. The front side ofchamber 39 is in theform of a hinged door 43, seated at the base of Vthe recess or paneledportion 15 of the body portion, and'vertically above said door andextending from the same tothe topl of the body portion is a hinged door44, which forms the outer side of space 40 vandhides the spice-cans fromview, said door for purposes of ornamentation and use being providedwith a panel 45` in the form of a mirror. I Access to the interior ofbin or chamber 27, Fig. 2, is had through an opening in the top normallyclosed by a screwcap 46, and similar screw-caps 47 are used to closeopenings in the top through which ac-A cess to bins or chambers 35 ishad.` l

'I-he lower end of bins 17` 18 converge down- Wardlyand terminate inannular flanges 49,

.(see Figs. 3 and 4,),depending through the- Upwardly-disposedhookstoprof the safe. 50 project from the rear side of flanges 49, (seeFigs; 3 and 4,) and plates 5l are secured to the front side of theconverging bottoms, by preference terminating yat their lower ends inthehorizontal eyes, or loops 52.

The sifting mechanism for sifting the contents of bins 17 and 18 downinto the lowerl portion of the cabinet is inl duplicate, and inrectangular frame 53, having a foramin'ous bottom- 57,and a sitter 58 towork on said bottom, providedwith a handle 63, which may be reachedconveniently when the doors 3 This sitter-frame is adapted to'eX-ternally embrace the iiange 49 ofthe binand isprovided with a-hole 64 toreceive thehook 50ct-the bin. (See Fig. 4.) The frame Ais also providedwith Va loop 65 to register with eyes or loops 52 and be securedin such65 Y position `by--the slide-rod 66. f In practice the sifting mechanismis secured in or removed from'position by an obvious manipulation, andthe reci procatifon of the .agitator by means of the handle 63 when theproper door 3 Vis opened causes the flour or meal, as the case may be',to descend into the panr 67, one ofsaid pans being located in chamber 9and the other in chamber 10 of the safe or lower portion. p y

68 designates a ange projecting upwardly from the rearmargin of the safeand parallel with the back of the body portion and 69 an invertedright-angle Iiange proj ectingfrom A.theto'p'near its upper end, saidiianges formingguide-cleats'to receive the bread-board 70,provided,byjpreference, at one side with a handle 71, whereby it mayconveniently be slid in and out-of position. Abovethe"bread-f van tageenumerated as desirable inthe statement'of invention, and it'isto beunderstood, of course,'that while I have'des'cribed and illustratedthepreferred embodimentof the invention I do not wishto confine myself tothis precise construction, form, proportion, or arrangement of theparts, as these may be `moditied in various particulars without, de-

parting fromthe spirit and scope or sacrific-A ing any of the advantagesofthenvention.

Having thus described the' invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-" A 1. A kitchen-cabinet having "its'frontside or face centrally paneled or recessed, ahorizontal partitiondividing the' cabinet into upper and lower chambers opening into saidpanel or recess, and a pair of doorsone 'above the other closing thefront or uninclosed sides IIC of said chambers and occupying saidpanelor recess, substantiallyA as described. 2. A kitchen-cabinet having its`frontj side or-face centrally paneled or recessed, ahorizontalpartition dividing the Vcabinet -into up per and lower chambers opening"into "said panel or recess, andv provided withfslide-controlled holes, averticall partition dividing the lower ychamber into a pair'of chamberscomvnlunicating with said holes, a pair of vertical partitions dividingthe upper chamberi'nto two'side chambers 35 registering'with theslide-controlled'holes, and a central chamber between said side chamberswith; its ffront side openl or uninclosed and "containing cansupportingstrips, anda pair ofdoorsone above the other occupying said panel orrecess. and covering said chambers, substantially as described.4V

s Y 3. In a kitchen-cabinet, the ,combination "Witha lowerportionprovided with receptaclechambers,'and' Aan* upper portion comprising apair of bins communicating with the recep- IZO panel or recess andarranged one above the other and forming coverings for 'the front oi'uninclosed sideof said chambers, Substanz tially as described. ro A Intestimony whereof I afx my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM M. I-IENSON. Witnesses:

H. C YRODGERS, G. Y. THoRPE.

